Hulu’s ‘Alice and Steve’ Is a Tonally Confused Revenge Comedy With Strong Performances

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Hulu’s ‘Alice and Steve’ Is a Tonally Confused Revenge Comedy With Strong Performances

Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement and Spooks’ Nicola Walker team up in Hulu’s new comedy series that leans more towards bromance than romance. Produced by BBC Studios’ Clerkenwell Films, the team behind Baby Reindeer, Alice and Steve follows two…

A Sitcom Premise Stretched Far Beyond Its Shelf Life

Eric Appel‘s The Breadwinner arrives with a simple goal: provide a family-friendly comedy vehicle for stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze. Following the success of his clean, observational comedy and growing mainstream popularity, Bargatze’s feature film debut feels like a natural next step.…

Borderline | Film Threat

imagiNATIVE 2026 FILM REVIEW! Leave it to a Sámi filmmaker to find the comedy in a three-way jurisdictional standoff at the exact point where Norway, Sweden, and Finland share the same patch of dirt. Director Johannes Vang’s Borderline takes the…

Phuong Mai Nguyen’s Tender Animated Romance Moves Through Grief And Memory [Cannes]

Ancient Hawaiians’ relationship to the ocean is depicted in desaturated tones during the opening of the animated feature “In Waves.” For a while, the film’s passages to this earlier time period, which recur a couple of times throughout, seem as…

Mother Mary Review | Flickreel

It’s been almost a decade since David Lowery directed A Ghost Story. Mother Mary is very much cut from the same cloth. That’s not to say there aren’t some significant differences. A Ghost Story had minimal dialogue, almost playing like…

‘Masters of the Universe’ Boldly Brings the Beloved He-Man to Life With a Marvelous Edge

It's incredible to think that there have been no live-action adaptations of Masters of the Universe since Dolph Lundgren declared he had the power in 1987. That version was critically derided but has since gained a cult following, while follow-ups…

The Hopecore Movie Of The Summer Is Here

In this recent age of Hollywood, when studios have been clamoring to adapt/reboot/continue beloved franchises with new blockbuster entries, one property that's long been missing is Masters of the Universe. Based on the Mattel multimedia franchise featuring He-Man, who starred…

A Twisted Marital Chaos With A Blend Of Laughter And Thrill

Comedy Reloaded — Pati Patni Aur Woh Do (2026): Starring Ayushmann Khurrana as senior forest officer, Prajapati Pandey Sometimes, extramarital affairs can be deceptive. Even when a man is loyal to his life partner, at times, society may misjudge him.…

‘For All Mankind’s First Official Spin-Off ‘Star City’ Is a Tense, Gripping Spy Thriller

I have a confession to make: I'm a latecomer to For All Mankind. While I've long believed that Apple TV is one of the best streamers out there in terms of its full-throated embrace of the sci-fi genre, the truth…

Félix De Givry’s Directorial Feature Debut Transforms Despair Into A Delicate Lullaby [Cannes]

It feels both banal and inevitable to draw a comparison between Félix de Givry’s directorial feature debut “Goodbye Cruel World,” which closes Critics’ Week at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Eden.” Back in 2014, that anticlimactic epic…

Int. Hallway/Night | Film Threat

Motion Pictures about making films can seem like a lazy way to do story. However, Int. Hallway/Night, as the title goes, embraces the chaos of personal lives off the set, with life being much like the shooting of a film.…

‘The Four Seasons’ Return Is Both Helped and Hurt by a Steve Carell-Sized Absence

Good friends are there to help pick you up when life gets hard. Lasting friendships can endure grief, heartbreak, celebrations, and milestones — the changing seasons of life, which The Four Seasons embraces. Initially adapted from Alan Alda's film of…

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